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Spain:Santa María la Blanca:one of the ...

  • Calle de los Reyes Católicos, 4, 45002 Toledo, Spagna
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Luoghi religiosi
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Santa María la Blanca is one of the buildings that claims it is the oldest synagogue building still standing in Europe. According to an inscription on a beam, the building was erected in 1180. It was constructed in the Kingdom of Castile – a Christian territory – and built by Islamic constructors for Jewish use, which makes its architectural style unique. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation that existed among the three cultures that populated the Iberian Peninsula during the time. The synagogue was turned into a Catholic church and sometime after 1405. Today, it is owned and maintained as a museum by the Catholic Church, although there have been requests made in recent years by the Toledo Jewish community to turn the synagogue back over to them.

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